O'Brien v. H. L. Green Co.

The plaintiff secured a verdict for damages resulting from a fall in the store of the defendant claimed to be due to the slippery condition of the floor, and the defendant has appealed from the de nial of its motion to set the verdict aside. The plaintiff testified that, after her fall, she looked at the floor and saw there a round greasy spot eighteen inches to two feet in diameter, with lumps of grease on it; and that she saw two marks on the floor where her feet had slipped, about two feet long. She offered no evidence except her own that her fall was due to the slippery condition of the…